1973 Race of Champions

BackgroundEdit

Entry listEdit

The full entry list for the 1973 Race of Champions is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Gijs van Lennep	ShellSPORT Luxembourg	Lola	T330	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
3	Clive Santo	ShellSPORT Luxembourg	Surtees	TS11	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	F
4	Guy Edwards	Barclays International Racing	Lola	T330	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
5	Jock Russell	Privateer	McRae	GM1	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
6	Ian Ashley	Henley Forklift	Lola	T330	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
8	Tony Dean	Anglo American Racers	Chevron	B24	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
9	Bobby Brown	Anglo American Racers	Chevron	B24	Chevrolet	V8 5.0
11	Bob Evans	McKechnie Racing Organisation	Trojan	T101	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
14	Ray Allen	Servis Domestic Appliances	Surtees	TS8	Chevrolet	V8 5.0
15	Steve Thompson	Servis Domestic Appliances	Chevron	B24	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	F
16	Colin Hyams	Privateer	Lola	T330	Chevrolet	V8 5.0
18	David Hobbs	Hogan Racing	Lola	T330	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
19	Brett Lunger	Hogan Racing	Lola	T330	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
22	Graham McRae	Iberia Airlines	McRae	GM1	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
25	Keith Holland	Ian Ward Racing	Trojan	T101	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
32	Peter Gethin	Chevron Racing Cars	Chevron	B24	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	F
33	Teddy Pilette	Racing Team VDS	McLaren	M18	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
38	John Gunn	Privateer	March	73A	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G
49	Clive Baker	Privateer	McLaren	M10A	Chevrolet	V8 5.0
52	Mike Hailwood	Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	Surtees	TS14	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	F
53	Carlos Pace	Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	Surtees	TS14	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	F
56	James Hunt	Hesketh Racing	Surtees	TS9	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	G
57	Denny Hulme	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren	M23	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	G
58	Jody Scheckter	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren	M19C	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	G
59	Vern Schuppan	Marlboro BRM	BRM	P160D	BRM	P142 V12 3.0	F
60	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Marlboro BRM	BRM	P160D	BRM	P142 V12 3.0	F
61	Niki Lauda	Marlboro BRM	BRM	P160D	BRM	P142 V12 3.0	F
62	John Watson	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	BT42	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	G
63	Howden Ganley	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso-Marlboro	FX3B	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	F
64	Emerson Fittipaldi	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus	72E	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	G
65	Ronnie Peterson	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus	72E	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	G
66	Graham Hill	Embassy Racing	Brabham	BT37	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	G
67	Tony Trimmer	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso-Marlboro	FX3B	Ford Cosworth	DFV V8 3.0	F
208	Tom Belsø	ShellSPORT Luxembourg	Lola	T330	Chevrolet	V8 5.0	G

• Drivers in a light blue background would be using Formula 5000 cars.

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

ReportEdit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

The full qualifying results for the 1973 Race of Champions are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	60	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	1:21.1	—
2	61	Niki Lauda	BRM	1:21.9	+0.8s
3	59	Vern Schuppan	BRM	1:22.2	+1.1s
4	58	Jody Scheckter	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:22.6	+1.5s
5	52	Mike Hailwood	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1:22.7	+1.6s
6	65	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:22.7	+1.6s
7	64	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:23.1	+2.0s
8	32	Peter Gethin	Chevron-Chevrolet	1:23.9	+2.8s
9	57	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:24.0	+2.9s
10	63	Howden Ganley	Iso-Marlboro-Ford Cosworth	1:24.2	+3.1s
11	25	Keith Holland	Trojan-Chevrolet	1:24.7	+3.6s
12	19	Brett Lunger	Lola-Chevrolet	1:24.7	+3.6s
13	56	James Hunt	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	1:24.8	+3.7s
14	4	Guy Edwards	Lola-Chevrolet	1:25.2	+4.1s
15	18	David Hobbs	Lola-Chevrolet	1:25.3	+4.2s
16	22	Graham McRae	McRae-Chevrolet	1:25.6	+4.5s
17	66	Graham Hill	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:26.3	+5.2s
18	62	John Watson	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	1:26.5	+5.4s
19	1	Gijs van Lennep	Lola-Chevrolet	1:26.7	+5.6s
20	8	Tony Dean	Chevron-Chevrolet	1:26.8	+5.7s
21	15	Steve Thompson	Chevron-Chevrolet	1:27.1	+6.0s
22	3	Clive Santo	Surtees-Chevrolet	1:27.7	+6.6s
23	208	Tom Belsø	Lola-Chevrolet	1:27.7	+6.6s
24	11	Bob Evans	Trojan-Chevrolet	1:27.8	+6.7s

RaceEdit

Race ResultsEdit

MilestonesEdit

NotesEdit

V T E	Race of Champions
Circuits	Brands Hatch (1965 - 1983)
Races	1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980–1982 • 1983